hormones playing up after childbirth ....never went

Deals_2

back to how i used to be. is anyone taking any medication or natural remedies? thanks in advance.

searching_me

mine took years to calm down... no help i know sorry i found just give it time dont expect too much and you have to remember you'll never go back because your not that same person xxx

frugallass

St John's Wort is supposed to be a great 'mood enhancer' (but don't take it if you are taking the contraceptive pill - it reduces the effectiveness) - hubby takes it and he calls them his 'happy pills'

Exercise is also a good natural mood enhancer (although it doesn't always feel like it at the time)

Mips

How old is your baby?

I don't think anyone ever gets back to normal after such a shock to the system

mwa

Can you clafiry what you mean exactly? If you mean you feel 'baby brained' i.e. forgetful, scatty, fuzzy etc. then myself and most of my friends felt like this for a good year afterwards. If you mean generaly more emotional i.e. when something on the news about kids comes on then I think that's motherly instinct kicking in and not sure that ever goes!

Sarahsaver

Is it your first child?
You will never be the same again.
you are a parent now, if you were not already. Even if it's not your first then each child changes your perspective on life, or it should do anyway!

Mips

Must add.. I am not taking any remedies for being a Mum or from childbirth..

.. hormones take a while to get settled.

For the week after Childbirth I am weepy and anxious, but then by 6 weeks I am OK.

Sarahsaver

It makes me cry at the stupidest things, like the baked beans advert that used to be on, when I had dd that was on telly a lot. or how my youngest was worried he wouldn't be my baby anymore cos my next is due in Sept, or when DD got treated VERY badly at school, or when DS1 makes eye contact with me (eye contact's not easy for him).
its normal to be anxious because you are responsible for a new life.
i started writing letters to people when I had DD, things would have just annoyed me before but after i had her I felt i had a responsibility to try and change things for the better.

Mips

Sarahsaver wrote: »

It makes me cry at the stupidest things, like the baked beans advert that used to be on, when I had dd that was on telly a lot. or how my youngest was worried he wouldn't be my baby anymore cos my next is due in Sept, or when DD got treated VERY badly at school, or when DS1 makes eye contact with me (eye contact's not easy for him).
its normal to be anxious because you are responsible for a new life.
i started writing letters to people when I had DD, things would have just annoyed me before but after i had her I felt i had a responsibility to try and change things for the better.

Yes it does! I was like that, was completely in a daze after my first.. it was all so surreal.. I had this tiny bundle that dictated my every move and I was so in awe.

I was worried my daughter would feel pushed out because I had more.. would I have enough love.. blah blah..

Women can be positively nutty after giving birth and instead of being frightened of it, accepting it and realising it is totally normal can be a way of coping.

What, in life, can be more demanding than a newborn who is going to be ther forever? A whole little person to be responsible for?

I really understand about the hormones.. 4 days after I had given birth I was in such a state of high anxiety I went to the Dr who offered me Valium :eek:

I was breast feeding and just said 'no thanks' and left. She didn't make me feel better, offered me nothing but medicine and I coped.

Deals_2

s.. drive . wonder if anyone else is the same..?

Dippychick wrote: »

Yes it does! I was like that, was completely in a daze after my first.. it was all so surreal.. I had this tiny bundle that dictated my every move and I was so in awe.

I was worried my daughter would feel pushed out because I had more.. would I have enough love.. blah blah..

Women can be positively nutty after giving birth and instead of being frightened of it, accepting it and realising it is totally normal can be a way of coping.

What, in life, can be more demanding than a newborn who is going to be ther forever? A whole little person to be responsible for?

I really understand about the hormones.. 4 days after I had given birth I was in such a state of high anxiety I went to the Dr who offered me Valium :eek:

I was breast feeding and just said 'no thanks' and left. She didn't make me feel better, offered me nothing but medicine and I coped.

Mips

Ah well that is totally normal.. not sure what you could take for that

It will just come in time.. you still haven't said how old your baby is?